http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/04/13/origins/ Same old blog, brand new place Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:17:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/04/13/origins/comment-page-1/#comment-156351 Jason Scott Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:19:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1364#comment-156351 I'd be a little sad if it history buries how much AOL absolutely dumped itself on the Internet for the September That Never Ended, implying to hundreds of thousands of people that the "Internet" was now just another location in AOL's Walled Garden. They also demanded changes to DNS to suit their own needs, extending hostnames so they could get what they wanted. They have always been one of the worst things to happen to the Net; to see Steve Case acting like AOL was one of the Net's big buddies is disingenuous at best. I’d be a little sad if it history buries how much AOL absolutely dumped itself on the Internet for the September That Never Ended, implying to hundreds of thousands of people that the “Internet” was now just another location in AOL’s Walled Garden. They also demanded changes to DNS to suit their own needs, extending hostnames so they could get what they wanted. They have always been one of the worst things to happen to the Net; to see Steve Case acting like AOL was one of the Net’s big buddies is disingenuous at best.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/04/13/origins/comment-page-1/#comment-156279 Rational rants mobile edition Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:58:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1364#comment-156279 [...] & Technology Doc Searls points to what strikes me as a shallow exercise in self-congratulation by Vanity Fair, How the Web was [...] [...] & Technology Doc Searls points to what strikes me as a shallow exercise in self-congratulation by Vanity Fair, How the Web was [...]

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